Tell Your Children

Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Not Rated
June 15, 1938    65mDrama, Crime,
3.739%37%4.4
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.
  • Dorothy ShortMary
  • Kenneth CraigBill
  • Lillian MilesBlanche
  • Dave O'BrienRalph
  • Thelma WhiteMae
  • Carleton YoungJack
  • Warren McCollumJimmy
  • Patricia RoyaleAgnes
  • Joseph ForteDr. Carroll
  • Harry Harvey Jr.Junior
  • Richard AlexanderPete Daley (uncredited)
  • Bob BurnsJuror (uncredited)
  • Lester DorrJoe the Bartender (uncredited)
  • Phil DunhamJuror (uncredited)
  • Edward EarleFBI Investigator Mr. Wayne (uncredited)
  • Frank LaRueBill's Lawyer (uncredited)
  • Edward LeSaintJudge (uncredited)
  • Mary MacLarenMrs. Lane (uncredited)
  • Walter McGrailThe Boss (uncredited)
  • Edmund MortimerHenry Harper (uncredited)

Tell Your Children Ratings & Reviews

  • jessepitt7867h ago
    Propaganda
  • Baloo UrizaApril 4, 2026
    This is the good kind of bad movie. If only because of how completely off base it is about pot.

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